(not) in the least; (not) at all
soon; before long; slowly; quietly; already; about time
ridding oneself; freeing oneself of; growing out of; overcoming; outgrowing
nowadays; these days; at present
tourist bus with high seating for better sight-seeing
Suzuki Daisetsu (1870-1966)
reaching; attaining; arrival
to take more time than expected; to take a long time; to be delayed
avatamsa (flower adornment, as a metaphor for becoming a buddha); Avatamska sutra; Kegon (sect of Buddhism)
novel; original; new; innovative
Southern School (of Chinese painting)
blank space (in a document); blank; void; whitespace
calligraphy (esp. Asian calligraphy based on Chinese characters)
to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud
cultural assets; cultural property
diametrically opposed; antipodal
the Empress, the Empress Dowager and the Grand Empress Dowager; emperor's second consort; empress; palace of the empress; building of a Shinto shrine built on middle ground; demesne of the imperial palace
Maitreya (Bodhisattva); Miroku
contrast; juxtaposition; comparison; correlation (of strata)
Europeans and Americans; Westerners
notice; attention; observation
source (of a river); fountainhead; source; origin; root
being orientated (towards); pointing (towards); directional (e.g. microphone); -oriented
agreement; concurrence; conformance; compliance
rationality; reasonableness
to name; to call; to christen; to term
argument; discussion; theory (e.g. of evolution); doctrine; essay; treatise
self-conscious; self-aware
to start working; to take action
gloomy; dismal; miserable; spirit of yin
rearing; training; nurture; cultivation; promotion
whole nation; entire nation; all the people
this and that; this or that; one thing or another; around; about; round about
literature; the arts; art and literature; liberal arts
the king and his feudal lords